calculations

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The team observed that English roads contain more bumps and potholes than their French equivalents – but not so many as to upset calculations.

From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026

New skirmishes in the region are hampering cease-fire talks, and highlight that safety — and million-dollar insurance rates per ship — are the top calculations that ship owners will be making.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 1, 2026

In the first quarter, the year-over-year earnings growth rate for companies in the S&P 500 is 28.6%, according to FactSet calculations based on actual results and analyst estimates.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026

Based on those calculations, the estimated total population ranged from about 3 million to 8 million bees, with an average estimate of 5.5 million.

From Science Daily • May 28, 2026

Such instruments, however well constructed, could not make sufficiently exact measurements or calculations to test the limits of Ptolemaic astronomy.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton